0 infected and 125 files at risk. Delete? 1

[eman6]

This is the most annoying question I could get from a professional software application.
I got this message from Norton Anti Virus after a complete scan.
How the heck am I supposed to know if deleting these 'at risk' files would not screw up n% of the installed software applications?
Delete is the only option he offers.
addkd32.exe
addkg32.dll
addgr.exe
addvf32.dll
adm.exe
apdic.exe
apieg32.exe
apile.exe
apimi32.exe
apitj.exe
apizk.exe
appgm32.exe
apphy.exe
appkc32.exe
appok32.exe
apppk.exe
appza32.exe
atlhp.exe
atlkp32.exe
atln32.exe
...
...
...
bpoeo.dll
bgtbn.dll
bzoif.dll
....
...
..

and so on (anybody interested in seein the whole list?)

You know what I think?
NAV has been downloading all these files when he was 'pretending' to get the latest updates.
And now he it telling me that those files are at risk and asking me if he may delete them.

Would this not be a cheap and dirty way of showing off, 'hey guys, you see, without me you wouldn't know of all these risks and thus get screwed up'.

What shall I do? Delete all this? Delete NAV along with all this?

Your quick feedback would be greatly appreciated, because this prompt is waiting for an answer on my screen.

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Eman_2005
Technical Communicator

http://www.smartistek.com

 

[BionicJohn]

Have you run any other application to check for spy- or malware?

This FAQ will help - faq760-4866

Iechyd da! John
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.

 

[eman6]

I don't understand.
I am talking about Norton anti virus.
You see, when it says 'files at risk' it means files that belong to system but that are at risk of contamination.
Same way when he talks about 'infected' files, those are usually files I had before anyway, only now they are contaminated.
At least this is how I understand the virus/anti-virus mechanism.

Now he found 125 files 'at risk' and he is recommending that I let him delete them.
If all those files are deletable, why were they in the system the first place?

It's a little confusing for me and makes me think Norton anti virus downloads such files from their site and then shaow them as 'at risk' and need to be deleted, so to show that Norton anti virus was useful.

See what I mean?

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Eman_2005
Technical Communicator

http://www.smartistek.com

 

[BionicJohn]

You see, when it says 'files at risk' it means files that belong to system but that are at risk of contamination.

They're classified as a risk because they're not system or other known files.

Check them using Google or search for them on a clean machine to identify them. In most cases you will draw a blank, or you will find that someone else has suffered with them.

If all those files are deletable, why were they in the system the first place?

Because they could be trojan horses which generate their own file name.

See, for example,

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.berbew.k.html

If you are concerned about deleting the files, move them to another folder from where they can be restored.

Iechyd da! John
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.

 

[aquias]

Big John is correct, get an additional third party spyware/malware removal program. Checking two of those files I've found that both are associated with malware and are recommended to be removed.

I'd recommend downloading MS Antispyware and run it on your system.